Ah, Capitalism

Via The Impolitic (which further links to source story by Eric Boehlert at Media Matters), a nice little story about Rush Limbaugh’s $400 million dollar contract pretty nicely matching the amount that struggling right wing propaganda monolith media giant Clear Channel is desperately trying to come up with by axing 3,000 employees since the start of the year.

John’s Tweets

As a Peace Corps Volunteer living the village of Fanaye Dieri in drought-hit Senegal 1974-76, I used to hitch hike to Podor every few weeks to pick up my mail. There I stayed overnight w another PCV, among whose books I first discovered Cavafy & Checkov. https://t.co/YHY0ZLZ9p7

What cowardly shit is this? Is that mask intended to intimidate? I would certainly seem so. Who is too chickenshit to be seen holding an American flag? Christ, I'm known many third graders with more guts than that. What a fucking ugly photo. Not sure how it ended up in my feed.

Pelosi is not perfect. But she is strong & smart & fearless; & (UNLIKE SCHUMER) she will not be mindfucked by Republicans. She is a master of congressional chess & she is successful. I do wish she would ditch @WhipHoyer, who I can't stand. But please count me 100% Team Pelosi.